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<p>Duke Energy will close one of its few remaining coal plants 15 years earlier than expected; the company says it will shutter its Asheville coal plant by 2019. Once done, Duke will have retired more than half of its coal units in the Carolinas since 2011.</p><p>Tue, 19 May 2015 20:52:10 +0000Ben Bradford73116 at http://wfae.orgDuke To Close Asheville Coal Plant 15 Years EarlyDuke Energy's Store Sells Sort-Of-Free Lightbulbshttp://wfae.org/post/duke-energys-store-sells-sort-free-lightbulbs
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Duke Energy is offering free </span>lightbulbs<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> when you order them online. Well, almost free. You can order </span>lightbulbs<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> for up to 92 percent off the retail price. The&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">company's efforts to promote energy efficiency helps their bottom line.</span></p><p>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:17:15 +0000Tasnim Shamma39634 at http://wfae.orgDuke Energy's Store Sells Sort-Of-Free LightbulbsContaminated Asheville Well Fuels Coal Ash Debatehttp://wfae.org/post/contaminated-asheville-well-fuels-coal-ash-debate
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">State water regulators have identified a well near Asheville with contaminated drinking water and have indicated it likely comes from waste leaking from a Duke Energy coal plant. At the same time, the state and environmental organizations are caught up in a lawsuit with Duke over exactly this issue—coal plants contaminating groundwater and rivers, including in the Asheville and Charlotte regions.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">WFAE’s Ben Bradford joined Morning Edition host Kevin </span>Kniestedt<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> to unpack what the one contaminated well signifies for Duke, the state, environmentalists, and water drinkers around North Carolina.</span></p><p>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:45:39 +0000Ben Bradford37989 at http://wfae.orgContaminated Asheville Well Fuels Coal Ash DebateDuke's Most Efficient Plant Not Efficient Enough For EPA Rulehttp://wfae.org/post/dukes-most-efficient-plant-not-efficient-enough-epa-rule
<p></p><p></p><p>Duke’s Edwardsport plant in Indiana is a “coal gasification” plant, meaning the coal gets turned into a gas and some of the pollutants get filtered out, before moving into the turbine.&nbsp; Company spokesman Chad Eaton says it is the most efficient coal plant in the country, since opening this summer. But, even it would surpass the limit the EPA announced today on the amount of emissions new coal power plants will be able to release.</p><p>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 21:07:45 +0000Ben Bradford35759 at http://wfae.orgDuke's Most Efficient Plant Not Efficient Enough For EPA Rule